The victims were believed to be Albanians from either Albania or Kosovo, said authorities from Italy's tax police division, which, along with the coast guard, patrols the nation's coast.
He never ducked into a movie house or goofed off into restaurants when he was on foot patrol as some of the other cops did especially on winter nights.
A police horse goes for 2,400 dinars a day, a trained dog for 1,800 dinars a day, and a helicopter for between 45,000 and 140,000 dinars per hour depending on the type.
In recent days they have set up police checks at entrances to the favela, and on November 10th they started helicopter flyovers to plan their approach.
The battlefield was silent. The only sounds were the whisper of wind through dry grass and the muted clank of weapons as soldiers stirred upon the walls.